Criteria for GCC 4.0

[Gabriel Dos Reis]

Phil Edwards <phil@jaj.com> writes:

| On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 10:45:44PM +0200, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
| > Phil Edwards <phil@jaj.com> writes:
| > 
| > [...]
| > 
| > | I'm not arguing for /never/ having a 4.0 release (although others do take
| > | that position, and it's a reasonable one).  I'm arguing that mainline,
| > | today, right now, does not qualify.
| > 
| > The way your argumentation comes to me is that by the time we'll have
| > 4.0.0, C or C++ would have already been replaced with quantum computing
| > programming languages in common places.
| 
| *shrug*  If nobody fixes stuff, then yes.  It's already been stated by the
| SC that we don't release code based only on a calendar.  I simply think

Naming the next major release 4.0.0 is not based only on a calendar.

| we should strive for higher quality for "4.0" than what is currently on the
| trunk, however long it takes.

We should most certainly strive for higher quality, but what is in
mainline already deserve 4.0.0.

-- Gaby